Welcome to Arne’s personal pages. A lot of my stuff is either not online or in walled gardens, so there's not much more than a couple of links in this space at this time. But hey, that’s better than nothing, right?

Even though this page’s name may imply radical change, it’s actually fairly static. I simply don’t have time to run a blog. You can follow me on Twitter if you like, but don’t expect too much activity there, either. (Also, you better be prepared for some language diversity.)

So what is a Large Correction, anyway?Nautical charts always need to be as up-to-date as possible to facilitate safe navigation at sea. Nautical chart producers achieve this by publishing Notices to Mariners (NM) containing all relevant updates. On occasion, however, chart updates are so extensive that they are simply too big for being published in NM. Chart publishers then have the option of producing a new edition of the chart from scratch, which used to be a considerable expense in the age of lithography. Consequently, publishers tended to prefer performing the required corrections directly onto the chart original in as many cases as possible. The resulting chart was then advertised as having “Large Corrections” (LC).

Both the term as well as the concept of “Large Corrections” have now fallen out of favour. The use of GIS and DTP now allows easy production of revised chart reprints, “NM Blocks”—paper chartlets that can be pasted onto the chart by the mariner—, or even entire new editions printed on demand. Where Large Corrections are still being used, the IHO is now recommending to call them “Limited New Editions” (LNE) instead.

On another note, I’m involved with the sailing club SKGB at a reservoir lake near where I grew up. In fact, I’m a member of the board, so I write a bit there, too. The club’s site is German-only and is going to stay that way. Feel free to send us email in English or other languages though—we used to have club members coming from Britain, Denmark and even Japan!

The German TMG act of 2007 makes me add this imprint: This service is provided by Arne Johannessen, Sinnerstraße 4, 76185 Karlsruhe, Germany. You can contact me through Twitter (@nautofon) or by email (arne-5656@thaw.de). You’re encouraged to get (and use) my PGP public key; verify it on Keybase if you like.